From 07bfe9069565729205d79edf4cd2a0071b22fe3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamcottle <liam@liamcottle.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 00:31:48 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] free packet on parse failure

---
 examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
index 6fbb0f742..073539886 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -1981,6 +1981,7 @@ void MyMesh::handleCmdFrame(size_t len) {
         sendPacket(pkt, priority, 0);
         writeOKFrame();
       } else {
+        _mgr->free(pkt);
         writeErrFrame(ERR_CODE_ILLEGAL_ARG);
       }
     } else {

From ae0bb7ee9544db0a0eb05ce7405432cb8ed6496a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamcottle <liam@liamcottle.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 00:42:58 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use releasePacket instead of _mgr->free

---
 examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
index 073539886..c468967f9 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ void MyMesh::handleCmdFrame(size_t len) {
         sendPacket(pkt, priority, 0);
         writeOKFrame();
       } else {
-        _mgr->free(pkt);
+        releasePacket(pkt);
         writeErrFrame(ERR_CODE_ILLEGAL_ARG);
       }
     } else {